GSA Rebrand brings 250,000 visitors to GSA website

CASE STUDY
GSA
Rebrand brings
250,000 visitors
to GSA website
prefacestudios.com
01 Background
Guildford School of Acting (GSA) has long blended
tradition with innovation and has an international
reputation as a provider of high-quality vocational
arts education.
Its move to join the School of Arts at the University
of Surrey was a tough challenge for GSA to maintain
its unrivalled, valued identity, while embedding its
The University of Surrey’s state-of-the-art facilities,
strong central support and opportunities for crossto GSA’s students, but GSA’s brand and marketing
collateral needed to catch up with this new phase
03 The Solution
We soon saw that, rather than throwing
away GSA’s rich history, its heritage was
Key Deliverables:
Rebrand consultancy
Logo design
FULLY
new look to permeate an undercurrent of
Brand guidelines
contemporary architecture was also striking
enough to echo within the branding itself,
so we created the line running through the
Marketing materials
device that creates a relationship between
the tradition of GSA and the bright future
Website development
Website design
RESPONSIVE
WEBSITE
Mobile ready (responsive)
WordPress
We created a new brand for GSA powerful
Ongoing marketing
02 The Brief
Preface won a competitive bid to review and renew
speak to students directly, or showcase the cutting-
across all communications media: identity,
brand guidelines, prospectus, website,
advertising templates and stationery – to
ensure consistency of message within a
We have worked with GSA for three years
to produce the annual prospectus and
this time consisting of nine individual
booklets showcasing the undergraduate,
postgraduate and MA courses to allow
recently upgraded the rebranded website
04 The Results
In the last year the website received
14%
Reduction in bounce
rates
between two and three minutes on the
compared to that time period in the
21%
Increase in web
The new brand has been fully adopted and
commended by the University of Surrey
and we continue to work with GSA to
“Preface achieved a great deal for us
2-3mins
Average vistor duration
on the website
the new brand identity communicated
GSA’s heritage, its position as a
conservatoire and its vision for the
structured, informed and, above all,
Do you need a rebrand?
Are you interested in
working with us?
Emma Gray, GSA
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Why we loved this project
Working with a client over a long period
of time really allows us to collaborate
with them to develop and grow the brand
and adapt to the changing culture and
Preface Studios Ltd,
Bridge Square, Farnham,